Reform and Change MP Ibrahim Kanaan said to LBCI on Monday that FPM is ready to decrease its portfolio shares if Gemayel's Kataeb are willing to join the new cabinet. PM Designate Mikati was appointed last week to form a new cabinet. It is not yet confirmed whether March 14 forces will take part. Hariri cabinet was toppled on Jan 12 following dispute over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
January 31, 2011
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08.02.2011

Kataeb party expressed wonder on Wednesday at the resignation of opposition Ministers from the government, wondering what the post-resignation phase carries for Lebanon at the social and economic levels, a statement issued by Kataeb Party said. Kataeb Party held an emergency meeting on Wednesday evening upon a call by Kataeb Party Leader Amine Gemayel who is currently on a visit to Rome to discuss most recent political developments at the internal Lebanese scene. Conferees reiterated during the meeting the Party's support to the Lebanese President, Prime Minister, and the Special ...

BEIRUT: Kataeb (Phalange) Party leader Amin Gemayel said Thursday that his group wants to serve as true partners and not “false witnesses” in any new government.
Gemayel, who has met twice with Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati to discuss the Kataeb’s possible participation in the new government, accused the Hezbollah-led March 8 alliance of delaying the cabinet formation by putting conditions on Mikati.
“We want partnership [in the new government], but it must be real,” Gemayel said in a statement after meeting with the British Ambassador to ...

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